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Download full textNutter, Sarah; Saunders, Jessica F.; Brun, Isabel; Exner-Cortens, Deinera; Russell-Mayhew, Shelly – Canadian Journal of Education, 2022
Comprehensive school health (CSH) is a framework that can support teachers in the delivery of health-related content as well as supporting health promotion within the school community. In this study, 222 Bachelor of Education students completed surveys at the beginning and end of a mandatory six-week course on CSH with a body weight-neutral focus.…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Student Attitudes, Attitude Change, Comprehensive School Health Education
Direct linkBaraskewich, Jessica; von Ranson, Kristin M.; McCrimmon, Adam; McMorris, Carly A. – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2021
Feeding problems, such as picky eating and food avoidance, are common in youth with autism. Other feeding and eating problems (e.g. disordered eating, fear of trying new foods, and insistence on specific food presentation) are also common in this population. This scoping review describes the nature and extent of feeding and eating problems in…
Descriptors: Eating Disorders, Eating Habits, Preferences, Food
Bedard, Chloe; King-Dowling, Sara; Obeid, Joyce; Timmons, Brian W.; Ferro, Mark A. – Health Education & Behavior, 2022
This study measured physical activity (PA) and explored its correlates among children with multimorbidity (co-occurring chronic physical and mental illness; MM) versus those with chronic physical illness only (PI). This study used baseline data from the Multimorbidity in Children and Youth Across the Life Course (MY LIFE) study, an on-going cohort…
Descriptors: Physical Activity Level, Children, Comorbidity, Mental Disorders
Jachyra, Patrick; Anagnostou, Evdokia; Knibbe, Tara Joy; Petta, Catharine; Cosgrove, Susan; Chen, Lorry; Capano, Lucia; Moltisanti, Lorena; McPherson, Amy C. – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2019
Children with autism spectrum disorders appear to be at a higher risk of having obesity than their typically developing peers. Although it has been recommended that healthcare providers speak to children with autism spectrum disorders about the potential health risks of unhealthy weight, no previous research has explored how healthcare providers…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Obesity, At Risk Persons
Hutchison, Sarah M.; Müller, Ulrich – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2018
"Weight-related attitudes" refer to negative attitudes toward individuals because they are overweight or obese. These attitudes are widespread among children and adults and have been proven to be recalcitrant to intervention. To develop more effective interventions, it is necessary to understand the origin and development of explicit and…
Descriptors: Body Weight, Negative Attitudes, Self Concept, Obesity
Robertson, Lorayne; Thomson, Dianne – Canadian Journal of Education, 2012
Body image is an individual's emotional response to one's appearance including size and shape; this response may not be helpful in the pursuit of overall health and well-being. This policy analysis examines the treatment of body image in Canadian Health and Physical Education (HPE) curriculum policies using a body image analysis framework…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Self Concept, Emotional Response, Policy Analysis
Robertson, Lorayne; Thomson, Dianne – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 2012
Schools are places of learning, but they are also sites of struggle when fitness, obesity, and body image issues converge for students and teachers. Responding to teachers' concerns about their students on diets, a Canadian teachers' organization produced a body image program which included a training day for schools undertaking whole-school…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Foreign Countries, Teacher Attitudes, Body Composition
Goldfield, Gary S.; Moore, Ceri; Henderson, Katherine; Buchholz, Annick; Obeid, Nicole; Flament, Martine F. – Journal of School Health, 2010
Background: Adolescence may be a crucial period for developing obesity and associated mental health problems. This study examined the relationship of weight status on body image, eating behavior, and depressive symptoms in youth. Methods: A survey was conducted on 1490 youth attending grades 7-12. Participants completed questionnaires on body…
Descriptors: Obesity, Body Composition, Self Concept, Psychopathology
Sabiston, C. M.; Sedgwick, W. A.; Crocker, P. R. E.; Kowalski, K. C.; Mack, D. E. – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2007
This study explored adolescent females' experiences of social physique anxiety (SPA) and related coping strategies. A final sample of 31 adolescent females ages 13 to 18 years discussed dealing with SPA during individual semistructured interviews. Resultant themes pertaining to the transactional experiences of SPA were coded using content…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Anxiety, Adolescents, Coping
Moore, Chris; Mealiea, Jennifer; Garon, Nancy; Povinelli, Daniel J. – Infancy, 2007
Two experiments examined toddlers' performance on a new task designed to examine the development of body self-awareness. The new task was conceived from observations by Piaget (1953/1977) and theoretical work from Povinelli and Cant (1995) and involved a toy shopping cart to the back of which a small mat had been attached. Children were asked to…
Descriptors: Body Weight, Toddlers, Age Differences, Human Body
Peer reviewedMendelson, Beverley Katz; White, Donna Romano – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1982
Normal and obese children completed self-esteem and body-esteem questionnaires. Body-esteem was significantly correlated with self-esteem and percentage overweight. Body-esteem and relative weight were correlated; self-esteem and relative weight were not related. The body/self-esteem relation was the same for normal and obese children. (Author/RD)
Descriptors: Body Image, Body Weight, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedMcCreary, Donald R.; Sasse, Doris K. – Journal of American College Health, 2000
Investigated the drive for muscularity among high school adolescents using the Drive for Muscularity Scale. Results indicated that the scale was reliable. High-drive students were mainly boys trying to gain weight and muscle mass. Drive related to poor self-esteem and higher depression levels among boys, but not girls. Drive for muscularity was…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Body Image, Body Weight, Depression (Psychology)
